Goby — free app helps you find nearby things to do

The Goby search engine, which helps you find things to do with your free time, released their Goby iPhone app last month (free), and it quickly jumped to being one of the leading free apps in the Travel category in the iTunes store. It covers every town and city in the U.S. and contains over 4 million things to do. It's location-aware, so it automatically knows where you are when you want to find something nearby. Plus, it also alerts you to current and upcoming events in the area.

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Jim Karpen holds a Ph.D. in literature and writing, and has a love of gizmos. His doctoral dissertation focused on the revolutionary consequences of digital technologies and anticipated some of the developments taking place in the industry today. Jim has been writing about the Internet and technology since 1994 and has been using Apple's visionary products for decades.